H0RR0RSH0W

So plain old robbery!

How about that !

I don't get it.

Other than a stupid price what is he doing wrong? Is it fake, counterfeit, a cracked purple?

 Maybe we need an "over my head" emoticon.

I bought my X-men 266 from Australia .

Not remote but quite a far distance from me.

I sold my ASM collection to Singapore off of southern Malaysia.

It was from here on the boards.

I guess it really does not blow my mind so much any more but I see alot of places that I am familiar with in Marvel comics.  Still pretty cool though.

I worked in Westchester County and  The Adirondak Mountains. The Hudson River and Annondale are technically walking distance from my home. Staten Island and NYC are all real places that have appeared in the pages of Marvel that I have been to in real life. I think they did a pretty good job of representing the feel of the places as well.

It makes sense because many people from the city like Marvel execs for example would tend to come to the upstate region where I live to sort of get away from it all, so why not give them a mention?

On 5/4/2015 at 11:01 PM, slym2none said:

A similar thread over in the WC got me thinking - do you know of any comics that are based in, or have stories that take place, in your small home town? The big cities get a pass as they are too easy (plus NYC is the center of the Marvel Universe for the most part), but what about Schenectady NY? Or Paducah IL?

 

I can't think of any stories set in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area of NC myself, but maybe someone in here has an example of their little home town. If so, please share!

 

 

 

-slym

I have been reading alot of X-men comics lately.

On the last page of the last panel of X-men #96 Red Hook New York is mentioned. I went to elementary school in Red Hook NY.  In fact it is right near Bard College which is also mentioned in Uncanny X-men during the Inferno event. 

I figured it would happen eventually considering Chris Claremont went to Bard. Annandale-on-Hudson  is an absolutely minuscule town around 100 miles from NYC. Red Hook is not much bigger.

Just now, 1Cool said:

  Don't think Avengers or BB 28 is the 1st of anything except the formation of the teams.  I'd go with a low/mid-grade X-Men 1 or JIM 83 since they are 1st appearances of characters which seem to do better over time then 1st team appearances.

So would I but neither of those 2nd  books are on the OP's list.

BB 28 = 1st app JLA

Avengers 1 = 1st app and origin of the Avengers.

To qualify : not the first app of the hero's but rather the first app of the teams.

Personally I would cross ASM#1 off the list. I just do not think that would be a sound investment nor a wise direction to send your money. Sorry.

Probably Avengers #1 would be my choice. If not then B&B #28.

I feel the first appearances will make for a more sound return.

Just now, KirbyJack said:

If you're after a Cap cover to slab, Sgt. Fury 13 is a great idea!

So now; Fantastic Four #4 or Amazing Spider-Man #4?

I have had my eye on the Sgt. Fury  book for quite a while. I feel it is another iconic SA cover of Cap on the level of Avengers #4.  8.0 was in my price range. I am very happy.

Although I could not have said off the top of my head I would say any GA characters first SA app is pretty significant. FF#4 FTW.

I have heard of this before. Did they mark the face of the pages? The leaf edges that is.

I have heard that dealers will put a small smudge of varied marker colors in order to facilitate pricing. Different colors could mean a different price point . Typically I have heard of this most commonly at flea markets and it could mimic a distributor spray. I read something about all this here on the boards some time back I believe.

If I had to guess it would drop the grade any where from 0 to 1  point. I mean pedigrees have writing on the cover sometimes and although this here is not a case of provenance it seems in the same vein.

It was a low grade copy but Avengers #4 did slip through my fingers anyway.

 I decided to pursue a different angle altogether and I picked up a slab of Cap's 2nd SA cover appearance in Sgt. Fury #13.

On 10/19/2016 at 6:12 PM, H0RR0RSH0W said:

I was hoping for some advice for working on my Uncanny X-Men collection. I would like to (re)read the original series starting in early 2017 or as much of it as I can get my hands on.

 

I would like to know if I could get some advice on what the best way to complete the series would be? Actually I am looking for the cheapest method.

 

I am unaware of a single collection of the works in one volume. Are there a trade paperback versions broken up ? I am vaguely familiar with being able to read it electronically but having them in hand would be preferred.

 

I currently have issues #200-544 in floppy copy plus about 20 or so issues from before that. Therefore I would just be looking for the first 200 issues or so. At this time I am not looking to buy the originals. I would not have the time to put that part of the collection together between now and then anyway.

 

I would definitely appreciate any information that people here would be willing to share. Thank you.

I have been working on this and it is a pretty big read. I read my physical copies starting January 1 thru about early  June.  Currently I am reading the remaining first 200 issues in an online format. I am about 50 issues in and looking forward to finishing the full series soon. Probably around early August.

Every time I read this many issues consecutively I tell my self " never again" !

It has been interesting and fun. A long time labor of love.

Thanks.

I have had my sights on X-Men #4 for about a year now.

It appears to have a pretty stable value.

Just now, entalmighty1 said:

Avengers 4 is certainly the more expensive of the two, point for point, and I would say it's a bigger key too.  One of the most iconic covers out there as well.

Yes! Awesome cover.

I am finally within striking range for both of them.

With Avengers #4 I fear it could slip from my grasp more easily though.

I have a lot of X-men so I feel like my opinion might be biased towards that title.

I see Avengers #4 as a hotter issue I though.

So I suppose I would prefer the X-Men but be better off owning the Avengers.

Which would you consider to the bigger or better Silver age key(semi-key) book?

Avengers #4 (Return of Captain America as leader) or Uncanny X-Men #4 (First appearance Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver 2nd appearance Magneto)?

On 9/12/2014 at 7:41 PM, H0RR0RSH0W said:

My slabbed books are worth about $1000. The other 600 commons or so? Who knows, its only worth what someone else is willing to pay, and that is probably a lot less than I would sell for ! But definitely over $1000.

I was just looking through some receipts for around $3000 in slabs I have bought over the last year. Mostly from Metropolis and MCS. Plus about $400-500 a year for raw copies. So maybe 5k.

11 hours ago, minisink warrior said:

Probably going to check it out since it's only an hour away. This is the second year. I don't know anyone that went last year. 

I heard about it last year and the entry fee seemed really steep. Even still this year with ticket prices being between $20-35.

 I went to a Rockland comiccon a few years ago and the admission was about $12.

Just wondering if there was something great right under my nose that I did not know about. 

Poughkeepsie is only about an hour North of NYC on the Thruway.  https://www.hvcomiccon.com/events/

Anyone familiar with this?

Thoughts, comments?

Just now, shadroch said:

looking for a Mycomicshop newsletter from last month

If you are on their mailing list, one of the weekly newsletters  had a list of really bad puns.  I thought I had saved it but it has disappeared. Does anyone hold on to these? I called but was told they don't archive them anywhere.  I was hoping someone here might still have the newsletter.  If you would, please post them here for all to moan or just pm me a copy.

It would be greatly appreciated.

 I have the ones from March 7 and 14. Are these them?

I got this a few months back  and have been looking for the time to show it off. I am not much of an autograph seeker but there is a bit of a story to seeking out this particular book.

I am actually quite proud to own this. 

On 1/14/2017 at 5:45 PM, Apollo34 said:

Oh man the new IDW Gi Joe series is not what I expected. Not a fan, anyone else read it? Sticking to the old Marvel/IDW series.

No. I really like the new series and pretty much any comic that has G.I. Joe on it.

'One must open oneself to the state of "listening to wind and water".

Within the whisper of the wind, and the murmur of the water endeavor to discern between the false mind and the real mind.

But remember that your very mind is the mind that misleads your mind.'

Why?...Because of quotes like the one above.

The brother of a guy I work with self created and printed a comic. I was just looking for some feedback and constructive criticism to pass along. Here are a few images.

Thanks for the help.

About 2 or 3 years ago I decided I wanted a 9.4 slab of GI Joe #24. This book has just always been a  favorite of mine. I was really surprised to find that it could not be found. I could find a raw copy or so but the number of slabs on the census is low and the # of copies for sale even lower. The only slab I found was a 9.8 in all that time but it disappeared before I could buy it, although it was above the grade I was looking for.

Nothing special or really valuable about this issue. So why you might ask? Because snow and ninja's! I did recently buy a copy and I have been trying to find the time to post it. The copy I bought is a raw and it is signed with a COA. So I still never once saw the book for a sale in that grade.

Just now, Bomber-Bob said:

With the exception of a trade(swap), I think all transactions assume payment is to be made first. Payments like money orders or Bank Certified checks yield more risk to the buyer. Personal checks yield more risk to the seller. Paypal is definitely a nice balance with protection on both sides. As savvy as our Board members are, I think Paypal is the preferred payment method. Sure, the seller has to eat a fee but that is his only fee. I don't like money orders.

 I feel stuck in a paypal conundrum where it is just plain the safest.  It limits me but it seems I may just have to live with that and keep it small. Money Orders may not be an option for me. On my end as a potential buyer though it is usually the  higher priced books that I am looking at here , so what you are saying is doing business that way is really REALLY going out on a limb as a buyer. I do appreciate that insight and also what you said about eating the fee, that being the only fee here as opposed to eBay where the fees just seem to multiply.